Earthquake Design of Equipment and Supports: Response Spectrum Method

In Earthquake Design of Equipment and Supports: Response Spectrum Method , you'll learn ...

• The response spectrum method of earthquake response analysis of equipment
• Modeling equipment and supports as a damped single-degree-of-freedom system
• Computation of natural frequency and the period of a SDOF system
• Calculating maximum acceleration, velocity, displacement and force using the response spectrum method

Overview

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Credit: 1 CPD

Length: 16 pages

This course presents the response spectrum method of earthquake response analysis/design of mechanical and electrical equipment and supports. Equipment and supports are modeled as a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system. No prior knowledge of structural vibration analysis or earthquake analysis is required to understand this course.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the response spectrum method for earthquake response analysis of equipment.
• Model equipment and supports as a damped single-degree-of-freedom system.
• Calculate the natural frequency and period of a single-degree-of-freedom (SDOF) system.
• Determine the maximum acceleration, velocity, displacement, and force using the response spectrum method.

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 10 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.